Proform’s repair contractor doubled my confidence in getting my 505 back online in record time. Firstly, the phone call I received after 9 PM woke me up from an early evening nap, otherwise, I would’ve been late to see Southern Culture on the Skids. Secondly, the tech guy wanted to know if the parts arrived because he was ready to go and willing to work around my schedule: evenings and weekends. I hope didn’t come off as disinterested, I was trying to shake off the sleep.
Meanwhile, I joined the gym at my employer which is a seriously good deal ($4.15 every two weeks and they can deduct it from my paycheck automatically). Why I haven’t taken advantage of this is privacy reasons. I prefer to run without freaking out other people. Somara can confirm the things I say aloud in order to keep pushing myself forward. Nothing weird or foul. Usually it’s how much distance I’ve traveled, how much remains, whenever the counter shows a palindrome, etc. If it keeps me distracted from the exhaustion or pain, I’ll do it.
Apple’s treadmills are industrial strength models. These can withstand dozens of miles per day from people with varying levels of ability. Theirs take a little while to come up to speed; mine jumps to 5.7 mph in a couple seconds, Apple’s gradually climb to this within 10 from my unscientific gauging. Bypassing the programming elements have taken some additional effort too. A major advantage which piqued Somara’s interest are the TV screens on them and iPod jacks via USB. I immediately change the channel to the Cartoon Network. The audio is missing but there are captions. Somara doesn’t care for the cable TV access, she would like to get a loop of some scenery to play to keep her distracted. I will have to see if my ProApps co-workers can oblige.
The other element I’ve had to workaround is scheduling. Two of the three days I’ve run have had to happen after work. Not easy, especially when I’ve eaten several hours earlier. Yet my fear of the weight I’ve lost coming back has inspired me to keep pressing forward. Thanks to Apple’s gym, I am 53 percent ahead of how far I ran by the end of April 2011! This puts me less than 50 miles from Fort Stockton.
Somara doesn’t suffer on the car ride home neither. The gym has a locker room with showers, towels, the whole burrito.
Next update? Probably when the home treadmill is fixed and/or I reach the current running milestone.
Awesome!!!!